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A fine-grained Virtual Machine Introspection
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Kharrazi, Mehdi (Supervisor)
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Virtualization is one of the widely used technologies which has enhanced the utilization of the hardware resources and made the computer management easier. Cloud computing is one of its appealing application providing various electronic services in the form of virtual machines to users. A common security threat in the virtual machines in cloud services is the vulnerabilities the programs and operating systems have. Attackers can take the advantage of these vulnerable machines and abuse them to carry out attacks. Virtual Machine Introspection (VMI) techniques are proposed and used by the cloud providers utilizing the management capabilities in the hypervisor to intercept hardware accesses and...
Central Bank’s Revolving Door Effect on Bank’s Performance and Financial Health
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Fatemi Ardestani, Farshad (Supervisor) ; Mahmoudzadeh, Amineh (Supervisor)
Abstract
In this study, the revolving door effect on the bank’s performance is investigated through two paths: return on assets as an expression of banks' performance and capital adequacy ratio as a bank financial health indicator and the quality of central bank supervision. We assume these two variables are affected by conflict of interest. The form of conflict of interest used in this research is revolving doors. The board directors of commercial banks, who have previously worked in the central bank, create conflict-of-interest data. Twenty-seven commercial banks were investigated in this research between 2012 and 2022. the conflict-of-interest gap variable was defined in order to separate the...
Toughening mechanisms of SiC-bonded CNT bulk nanocomposites prepared by spark plasma sintering
, Article International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials ; Volume 71 , February , 2018 , Pages 61-69 ; 02634368 (ISSN) ; Azarniya, A ; Eslami Shahed, H ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Simchi, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2018
Abstract
In this work, silicon carbide (SiC) was utilized as a binding agent to fuse carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into highly tough dense CNT bulk nanocomposites through spark plasma sintering (SPS) method. Phase studies were performed using x-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and obtained results were verified by the microstructural evolution. Also, the optimum processing temperature was determined as 1600 °C at which the undesired allotropic phase transformation of SiC (β) → SiC (α) was avoided and single-walled CNTs (SWCNTs) were structurally preserved. Fracture toughness of the nanocomposite synthesized at optimum processing conditions was...
Design of an Intelligent Driver Assistance System
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khayyat, Amir Ali Akbar (Supervisor) ; Ghaemi Osgouie, Kambiz ($item.subfieldsMap.e)
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Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) is a major area of research in today’s vehicle control and safety. In General ADAS can be seen as a mother system with various subsystems to help the driver from pre-crash to post-crash situations. One of the subsystems for ADAS is the Collision Avoidance System (CAS). Nowadays, many researchers are working on different Aspects of CAS, from perception to decision making. Many challenges exist while developing a CAS, but today the greatest challenge is decision making of CAS and its interaction with driver’s behavior. Driving is a complex task and since driver’s consciousness, gender, age and reflexes can cause different behaviors; it is, therefore,...
Neural Synchrony of Spiking Local Neurons and Local Field Potential Activities in Primary Visual Cortex of Awake Monkeys
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Jafari, Mehdi (Supervisor) ; Rabiee, Hamid Reza (Supervisor) ; Lashgari, Reza (Co-Supervisor)
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Primary visual cortex plays a paramount role in processing visual information. Visual information after the primitive processing by LGN and Thalamus, will be sent to the primary visual cortex which is called V1 area. According to the fact that V1 neurons have the definitive sensitivity to the edge and contrast of visual stimuli so their behavior are very selective to the certain features, specially contrast, of visual stimuli. These neurons have different response behavior to contrast. In fact most of them have some nonlinear behavior to this feature. Normally we expect that response of them or spiking rate of them grow linearly by the contrast increases but in most many cases they have some...
Pyrolytic carbon coating for cytocompatibility of titanium oxide nanoparticles: a promising candidate for medical applications [electronic resource]
, Article Nanotechnology ; February 2012, Vol. 23, No. 4, PP. 045102 ; Imani, Mohammad ; Yousefi, Mohammad ; Galinetto, Pietro ; Simchi, Abdolreza ; Amiri, Houshang ; Stroeve, Pieter ; Mahmoudi, Morteza ; Sharif University of Technology
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Nanoparticles for biomedical use must be cytocompatible with the biological environment that they are exposed to. Current research has focused on the surface functionalization of nanoparticles by using proteins, polymers, thiols and other organic compounds. Here we show that inorganic nanoparticles such as titanium oxide can be coated by pyrolytic carbon (PyC) and that the coating has cytocompatible properties. Pyrolization and condensation of methane formed a thin layer of pyrolytic carbon on the titanium oxide core. The formation of the PyC shell retards coalescence and sintering of the ceramic phase. Our MTT assay shows that the PyC-coated particles are cytocompatible at employed doses